Just one year removed from being ranked the best relief pitcher in all of baseball by MLB Network’s The Shredder, Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen has fallen off the model’s updated list entirely entering the 2019 season.
Jansen was the highest ranked reliever to be excluded from the rankings, with Andrew Miller, Zach Britton and Wade Davis among the other snubs that just missed the cut.
Free agent Craig Kimbrel claims the No. 1 spot after a solid 2018 campaign with the Boston Red Sox. Rounding out the rankings in order are Sean Doolitte, Josh Hader, Edwin Diaz, Blake Treinen, Felipe Vázquez, Chad Green, Aroldis Chapman, José Leclerc and Brandon Morrow.